Policing

GOING EQUIPPED SECTION 25(1) THEFT ACT 1968.

A person shall be guilty of an offence if, when not at his place of abode, he has with him any article for use in the course of or in connection with any burglary or theft.

Offensive weapons S1 Prevention of Crime Act 1953

Any person without authority or reasonable excuse has, in any public place any offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence.

bladed and sharply pointed articles S 139(1) Criminal Justice Act 1988

It is an offence for any person to have with them in any public place any article which has a blade or is sharply pointed.

POWERS OF ENTRY - SEC 17(1) PACE

A constable may enter and search any premises for the purpose of:Pursuing an offender unlawfully at large Life and limb (suspicion) or serious damage to propertyExecuting a warrant Arrest for an indictable offenceSpecified power in the act (S 4 RTA S 4 POA)Escaped offender from prison.

Theft (S1 Theft Act 1968)

Dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

Abstracting Electricity - Section 13 Theft Act 1968

A person is guilty of abstracting electricity when he dishonestly uses it without due authority or dishonestly causes it to be wasted or diverted from any source.

Handling Stolen Goods - Section 22 Theft Act 1968

A person handles stolen goods if (otherwise than in the course of the stealing) knowing or believing them to be stolen goods he dishonestly receives the goods, or dishonestly undertakes or assists in their retention, removal, disposal or realisation by or for the benefit of another person, or if he arranges to do so.

Burglary Section 9 (1) Theft Act 1968

A person is guilty of Burglary if he,a) Enters any building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to,-Steal anything in the building or part of the building or,-Inflict GBH on any person therein or,-Do unlawful damage to the building or anything thereinorb) Having entered any building or part of a building as a trespasser, steals or attempts to steal anything therein or, inflicts or attempts to inflict GBH on any person therein

Aggravated Burglary - Section 10 Theft Act 1968

Aggravated Burglary is committed when a burglar enters and at the time has a Weapon of offence Imitation firearm Firearm Explosive

Robbery (S8-Theft Act 1968)

A person is guilty of robbery if he steals, and immediately before or at the time of doing so, and in order to do so, he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force

Actual bodily harm section 47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861

A person is guilty of an offence who assaults any person, thereby occasioning them Actual Bodily Harm

Grevious Bodily Harm and Wounding Section 20: Offences Against the Person

Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously wound or inflict any grievous bodily harm upon any other person either with or without a weapon or instrument shall be guilty of an offence.

Grevious Bodily Harm with Intent S18 offences against the person act 1861

Whosoever shall unlawfully and maliciously by any means whatsoever wound or cause Grevious bodily harm to any person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of any person shall be guilty of an offence

Common Assault and Battery - Section 39 Criminal Justice Act 1988

It is an offence for any person to unlawfully assault or beat another

possession of drugs section 5 (1) misuse of drugs act 1971

Subject to any regulations under section 7 of this Act for the time being in force, it shall not be lawful for a person to have a controlled drug in his possession.

Possession with intent to supply a 5(3) misuse of drugs act 1971

Subject to section 28 of this Act, it is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in his possession, whether lawfully or not, with intent to supply it to another in contravention of section 4(1) of this Act

Section 5 Public Order Act 1986

uses threatening or abusive words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, ordisplays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening or abusive,within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.

Section 4A Public Order Act 1986

A person is guilty of an offence if, with intent to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress, he—uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour, ordisplays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting,thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress.

Section 4 Public Order Act 1986

A person is guilty of an offence if he—uses towards another person threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, ordistributes or displays to another person any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting,with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another, or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked.

Affray - Section 3 Public Order Act 1986

A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety.

Violent disorder - Section 2 Public Order Act 1986

Where 3 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety, each of the persons using or threatening unlawful violence is guilty of violent disorder.

Riot (Section 1 Public Order Act 1986)

Where 12 or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety, each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot.

Simple damage S.1 (1) Criminal Damage Act 1971

A person commits an offence who without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property belonging to another intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to wether any such property would be destroyed or damaged

Aggravated Damage S.1 (2) Criminal Damage Act 1971

A prison commits an offence walk without lawful excuse destroys or damages any property whether belonging to themselves or another intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether any such property would be destroyed or damaged and intending by them destruction or damage to endanger life or being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered

Threats to Cause Criminal Damage Section 2 criminal damage act 1971

A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out,—(a)to destroy or damage any property belonging to that other or a third person; or(b)to destroy or damage his own property in a way which he knows is likely to endanger the life of that other or third person;shall be guilty of an offence.

Arson section 1 (3) criminal damage act 1971

(3)An offence committed under this section by destroying or damaging property by fire shall be charged as arson.

Possession of articles to cause criminal damage. Section 2 criminal damage act 1971

A person who has anything in his custody or under his control intending without lawful excuse to use it or cause or permit another to use it—(a)to destroy or damage any property belonging to some other person; or(b)to destroy or damage his own or the user's property in a way which he knows is likely to endanger the life of some other person;shall be guilty of an offence.